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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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POWER FROM AN ARTESIAN WELL. 
On page 254, W. O. P., Mississippi, 
asks about power from an artesian well. 
I think he could arrange to run a churn, 
washing machine, grindstone, etc., with 
a motor. It would he necessary to build 
a storage tub with a box outside to set 
the wheel in. Then, as the water would 
have to run away somewhere, a pipe 
could be fitted to the bottom of the 
wheel-case and run t as low ground as 
there is near, and this pipe should have 
a turn-up at the outlet. In this way 
some power would be obtained from the 
suction below the wheel. If it should 
be found that the desired speed could 
be obtained with less than the full gate 
there would be a saving of water by 
opening the gate only part way. Set 
the wheel outside of the storage tub, 
with a short upright shaft, and pulley 
with quarter-turn belt to a light driv¬ 
ing shaft, and from that to the churn, 
or from the wheel direct to the churn. 
It would be necessary to close the gate 
slowly, or there would be a kick that 
would jar. If the wheel should take 70 
or more gallons while the supply is only 
65, shut down and wait for more.. Such 
a course would not do when churning, 
but perhaps the work could be done 
while the supply lasted. If you try an 
overshot wheel you can get no power 
from below the bottom of the wheel. 
With a motor you will get some power 
clear down to the outlet of the tailrace 
or suction pipe. e. m. tykell. 
Connecticut. 
NOTES BY PROF. MASSEY. 
Cow Peas.—I would say to T. K., 
Kirkwood, Mo., page 289, that I have 
tried all the methods of sowing cow 
peas. If planted for seed, sow them in 
rows and cultivate them, but if for 
hay always sow broadcast. In rows, the 
vines will fall over on each side, and 
the mower will take those standing up 
and you will have to cut the rest by 
hand. Then in land that will make 40 
bushels of corn per acre the vines would 
grow so stout in this way that they 
would be much harder to cure. On land 
of this character I would not sow less 
than l l /2 bushel per acre, while on 
thinner soil one bushel will answer. On 
the strong land they may be thicker in 
order to keep the stems from being too 
stout. Your correspondent asks if he 
can get two cuttings by sowing early. 
Early is rather indefinite when we talk 
of cow peas. If he sows them in his 
section in April he will probably lose the 
seed, and middle of May would be quite 
early to sow. If the vines are mowed 
before blooming they will make a sort of 
second growth, but the hay will be poor. 
Grown to the proper stage, when the 
pods are turning yellow, they make the 
best hay and the heaviest crop, but no 
second growth. The field that will make 
10 bushels of corn per acre will make 
a good crop of pea-vine hay if given 
a dressing of acid phosphate and pot¬ 
ash, and will make hay more easily cured 
than the other at $4 per acre. He could 
afford to put 300 pounds of acid phos¬ 
phate and 25 pounds of muriate of pot¬ 
ash on this field, and harrow them in 
before sowing, and with these, which 
would not cost him $4 an acre, he could 
make a better crop than on the other 
field. 
Potatoes Under Straw. — Page 288 
you advise L. V. that pine brush would 
not answer for potatoes. I think that 
you misunderstood him. He said pine 
browse, meaning doubtless the dead pine 
leaves raked from the forest. These are 
known by various names in different 
parts of the country. In North Caro¬ 
lina they ar.e called “pine straw” and in 
Maryland “pine shatters.” They make a 
better cover for potatoes than wheat 
straw, and are used just as straw is used 
in the West to make what is called in 
the South a lazy bed. Some years ago I 
tried a plan for growing potatoes recom¬ 
mended by an Irishman as the way they 
grew them in Ireland with no tool but 
a long-handled spade. Beds were laid 
out six feet wide and the potatoes 
planted one foot apart each way, and 
were covered with soil from the alleys 
two feet wide between the beds. Then 
as the tops grew, the soil was shovelled 
in from the alleys so that the tops were 
kept just above the ground, till finally 
the beds were nearly two feet high. At 
digging time the beds were a mass of 
potatoes, but none large. But for quan¬ 
tity it beat anything I ever saw. 
Whole Corn in the Silo—I would 
like to say to your correspondent, 
“don’t.” I have often heard of men 
making silage from whole corn, but 
never saw it done but once, and I 
thought that anyone who tried it would 
never want to try it again. Handling 
that slimy mass of long stalks and 
feeding it was far more troublesome and 
expensive than cutting it in the proper 
way. There was damage enough to pay 
for the cutting, and getting it out would 
remind any one of forking manure from 
packed-down stalks, and the man who 
can do that without “cuss words” is a 
pretty good Christian. w. f. massey. 
Maryland. _ 
Seed for Permanent Pasture. 
R. L. O., North Roue, N. Y.—What would 
you recommend to seed after wheat for 
permanent pasture? 
A ns. —For heavy rather wet land use 
the following mixture, sowing 35 pounds 
per acre; 25 pounds Kentucky Blue 
grass, 10 pounds White clover, 30 
pounds perennial Rye grass, 10 pounds 
Red fescue, 25 pounds Red-top. If the 
land is sandy or light use the follow¬ 
ing : Five pounds Canada blue grass, five 
pounds Orchard grass, five pounds tall 
Oat grass, 20 pounds perennial Rye 
grass, 35 pounds Red-top, five pounds 
White clover. If the land is limed be¬ 
fore sowing the wheat, and later 500 
pounds per acre of a fertilizer having 
12 per cent phosphoric acid and five of 
potash is used, the pasture will be 
enough better and last enough longer 
to repay this outlay. Sow the seeds both 
ways so as to insure an even stand. 
E. VAN ALSTYNE. 
Culture of Spearmint. 
II. E. It., Canada .—I have received an 
offer to grow spearmint for a large factory, 
the oil to be used for flavoring. As I 
have never had any experience growing it 
for oil I should be glad to have any infor¬ 
mation possible about it. 
Ans. —The culture of spearmint is 
practically the same as for peppermint. 
It grows best on mucky soil. The 
ground is plowed in the Fall, harrowed 
early in Spring and marked with fur¬ 
rows three feet apart and five inches 
deep. The root stocks, dug in Spring, 
are dropped in the furrows and covered 
with the feet. Cultivation begins early, 
and is continued until the plants begin 
to run considerably. All weeds that 
come up afterward must be pulled, as 
they will injure the oil if harvested with 
the crop. As soon as the blossoms ap¬ 
pear the crop is cut with scythe or 
mower, raked and bunched like hay, 
and dried as much as possible without 
loss of leaves. Then it is hauled to the 
still and put through the regular process 
of distillation._ 
Killing Out Weeds. —What is the 
cheapest and best way to kill out burdocks 
growing in among locust stumps and stones, 
where plow cannot be used? I would not 
mind killing all vegetable growth for ever 
if I could get the land clear (along the 
highway) of weeds. I intended killing by 
planting White cedar, and so overshadow¬ 
ing weeds and beautifying the roadside, but 
a recent law compels farmers to cut away 
everything along the roads. Many beauti¬ 
ful roads have been ruined from a scenic 
point. £ p 
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